Robert Thomson (executive)
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Born | Torrumbarry, Victoria, Australia | 11 March 1961
Occupation | journalist, editor |
Spouse(s) | Wang Ping |
Robert Thomson (born 11 March 1961) is an Australian journalist. Since January 2013 he has been chief executive of News Corp.
Life[]
Thomson was born in Torrumbarry, Victoria, and studied at Christian Brothers College in St Kilda East, and at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.[1][2] One of his ancestors was named Arturo Dell'Oro, and came from Domodossola, in northern Italy.[3] He is married to Wang Ping, the daughter of a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.[4][5]
Career[]
Thomson started work as a copyboy at The Herald (now the Herald Sun) in Melbourne in 1979.[6] In 1983, he became senior feature writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, and two years later became Beijing correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald as well as the Financial Times.[2] Thomson then became a Tokyo correspondent for the Financial Times in 1989.[7] Thomson was appointed the Financial Times foreign news editor in 1994[1] and in 1996 became editor of the Financial Times weekend edition.[2] While at Sydney Morning Herald, Thomson wrote a series on Australian judges, which was published as a book in 1987, The Judges: A Portrait of an Australian Judiciary.[8][9][10] In 1998, Thomson became U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times.[6]
In May 2008, he was appointed managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, having previously been the editor of The Times.[11][12]
He received an honorary doctorate from RMIT University in 2010.[13]
In January 2013, Thomson became the chief executive of News Corp.
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Auletta, Ken (4 April 2011). "Murdoch's Best Friend". The New Yorker.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "'Rupert has got a crush on you'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Robert J. Thomson all'inaugurazione di Palazzo San Francesco. Donati 50.000 dollari. - Mariano Cattrini". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Rupert Murdoch and Robert Thomson: A Tale of the Tape". New York. 25 April 2008.
- ^ Private Eye magazine, No. 1189, 20 July - 2 August 2007, p.7
- ^ Jump up to: a b Arango, Tim (28 April 2008). "Murdoch's 'Head of Content'". New York Times.
- ^ Milmo, Dan; Hodgson, Jessica; Gibson, Owen (21 February 2002). "Times editor quits unexpectedly". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Mason, Max (12 April 2019). "Rupert's man: the Victorian 'bush lad' at the top of News Corp". The Australian Financial Review.
He wrote a lauded series on Australian judges, which he turned into a book: The Judges: A Portrait of the Australian Judiciary
- ^ "The judges". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Baker, Mark. "ROBERT THOMSON". The Australian Media Hall of Fame. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
Thomson proposed an ambitious project – a series of interviews with Australia’s reclusive judges. It led to a book and a Journalist of the Year nomination.
- ^ Clark, Andrew (21 May 2008). "Murdoch tightens control of Journal". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Golum (20 May 2008). "Wall Street Journal Publisher Thomson Is Named Editor". Bloomberg. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Interview conducted by Paul Gough (29 November 2014). "Interview with Robert Thomson: Media Man". RMIT Alumni Magazine. RMIT. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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